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Reality check for self-checkout
The promise of self-checkout was alluring. But theft and gripes abound.
Amazon, Target stop selling water beads marketed to kids over safety concerns
Warnings about the dangers of the beads being ingested have been piling up.
Why Eddie Murphy’s Christmas movie was made for Kiwis
What can we here in Aotearoa hope to get out of Amazon’s new Christmas blockbuster?
TVNZ’s ambitious new digital ad revenue target - and the Amazon AI tools it hopes will help
Can ad collab and AI personalisation tools turn around the broadcaster's fortunes?
Vector-Amazon partnership creates smart meter tech that could be to sold to the world
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Vector spin-out VTS extend their partnership.
Kiwi startup wins Rising Star award at AWS's global bash
NZ fintech Cogo was a finalist in the same category.
Former IBM man’s start-up, ClimateTracker, helps firms grapple with new climate reporting requirements
A big customer win locally, and a global hook-up with AWS.
Amazon triples quarterly profit
Tech giant tops expectations as online sales increase, AWS stabalises.
Amazon launches test satellites for its planned internet service
The planned internet service aims to improve global internet coverage.
Amazon sued by FTC over allegations it inflates online prices and overcharges sellers
Complaint the result of a years-long investigation.
Amazon makes US$4 billion AI bet
Startup founded by former staffers from OpenAI, the maker of the ChatGPT.
Amazon celebrated 'ambitious partnership' in letter to former PM
Amazon lobbied the government to have input on changes to public service digitisation.
Revealed: Amazon’s efforts to work its way into NZ healthcare
US tech giant Amazon has worked its way into a prime position in NZ.
Apple and Microsoft in fight over iMessage and Bing ‘gatekeeper’ label
FT: EU aims to curb Big Tech as it lists services to be regulated under digital act.
Amazon tracks and targets US staff over failure to work 3 days in office
Financial Times: Employers use more aggressive tactics to stamp out WFH culture
Best-selling novel now erotic romcom with a royal twist
The latest royal show on Amazon Prime has been accused of promoting cheap televisual lust.
China’s ‘scary’ Amazon killer: The shopping app taking over the internet
Spending on Temu could hit $10b this year– a sum it took Amazon 12 years to hit.
Jarden Brief: Massive loan for Ford and partner's new factories
Thousand of jobs expected in huge US car battery projects.
Jarden Brief: Amazon deal a winner for payment company
Affirm-ative action for investors after big deal with Amazon.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reportedly engaged
The billionaire is said to have proposed to his partner on his superyacht.
Juha Saarinen: Amazon’s Auckland zone cloud computing goes live
The first part of AWS' billion-dollar investment in NZ quietly went live last week.
Amazon NZ staff brace for layoff news today, expected to focus on AWS
The "job eliminations" come as the tech giant gears up for its first NZ data centres.
Power play: NZ wind energy gears up as investment builds
What's in the wind energy pipeline and who's behind the developments.
La Nina, which worsens hurricanes and drought, is gone
Many countries will be breathing a sigh of relief as globe moves to a “neutral” condition.
Jeff Bezos’ secretive $808m superyacht caught setting sail
The massive vessel can hold just 18 guests and costs a cool $40 million to run each year.
Jarden Brief: Amazon wades into healthcare with $6.3 billion acquisition
Tech giant quenches long-held desire to get into healthcare sector.
Amazon launches software to support local SMEs
The multinational tech firm is looking to expand its reach
Amazon workers hold first UK strike, adding to labour turmoil
The tech and ecommerce giant announced 18,000 layoffs this month.
Jarden Brief: Big tech’s big layoffs after inflation, recession concerns
Workforce the size of a small city getting slashed at tech giants.
Jarden Brief: Amazon’s peace offer after long probe into anti-competitive behaviour claims
Recession fears resurface in US, sending markets into tailspin.
Why AWS is spending $7.5b on NZ data centres
Increased demand for cloud computing has prompted AWS to make a big investment.
Jeff Bezos pledges to give away his money
Amazon founder admits the process of divesting his billions is 'really hard'.
Microsoft's giant new data centre in Auckland: What AT reckons it'll save
Massive server farm rising in the northwest.